The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World

✧ NO SPOILERS ✧ Honestly, I can't be bothered to say too much about this show because there's just not much to say. The combat was meh, the animation was good, but the story was nothing to anticipate. And I don't mean that it was too complicated to figure out what was going to happen. It was simply too boring to build up any sense of anticipation in the first place! ( ￣︿￣) Aside from that, I figured out who the spy was almost immediately, and the reveal itself didn't take long to happen either. That being said, the actual ending had a few twists that werepretty nice. Though, I wouldn't say it was unpredictable because the show had done such a great job of keeping me off guard. It was more a case of new elements being introduced into the story that I couldn't have possibly factored into my predictions of how the ending would play out. I'm not mad about it, though. There are a few things worth mentioning aside from the nice ending. The show has some silly moments that actually had me laughing, and honestly, those moments are the only reason I'm giving it a higher rating than I otherwise would have. That being said, this show has some of the worst-looking magic, PERIOD. And setting aside how abhorrent the magic itself looks, they couldn't even get the small details that should have been one of the show's biggest highlights right. This show is called The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World, so you'd expect the ice blades to at least look somewhat cool... pun intended! Well, they don't. It's as if you asked a child to draw blades made of ice. They look so meh!! I can think of countless times Gilgamesh summoned his weapons, and every single time, it looked incredible. Meanwhile, Ray creates his ice blades and... ¯\_(◕__◕)_/¯ Would I watch Season 2? Yeah, I would. But I'm not sure I'd stick around to finish it the way I did with Season 1. I already gave this show the benefit of the doubt by finishing the first season, and I wasn't particularly pleased with what I got in return, aside from the ending being somewhat redeemable. So I'd probably give Season 2 a go and decide from there. The story development just isn't interesting enough to make me particularly eager to see more. But we'll see.

✧ NO SPOILERS ✧ Honestly, I can't be bothered to say too much about this show because there's just not much to say. The combat was meh, the animation was good, but the story was nothing to anticipate. And I don't mean that it was too complicated to figure out what was going to happen. It was simply too boring to build up any sense of anticipation in the first place! ( ￣︿￣) Aside from that, I figured out who the spy was almost immediately, and the reveal itself didn't take long to happen either. That being said, the actual ending had a few twists that werepretty nice. Though, I wouldn't say it was unpredictable because the show had done such a great job of keeping me off guard. It was more a case of new elements being introduced into the story that I couldn't have possibly factored into my predictions of how the ending would play out. I'm not mad about it, though.  There are a few things worth mentioning aside from the nice ending. The show has some silly moments that actually had me laughing, and honestly, those moments are the only reason I'm giving it a higher rating than I otherwise would have. That being said, this show has some of the worst-looking magic, PERIOD. And setting aside how abhorrent the magic itself looks, they couldn't even get the small details that should have been one of the show's biggest highlights right. This show is called The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World, so you'd expect the ice blades to at least look somewhat cool... pun intended! Well, they don't. It's as if you asked a child to draw blades made of ice. They look so meh!! I can think of countless times Gilgamesh summoned his weapons, and every single time, it looked incredible. Meanwhile, Ray creates his ice blades and... ¯\_(◕__◕)_/¯ Would I watch Season 2? Yeah, I would. But I'm not sure I'd stick around to finish it the way I did with Season 1. I already gave this show the benefit of the doubt by finishing the first season, and I wasn't particularly pleased with what I got in return, aside from the ending being somewhat redeemable. So I'd probably give Season 2 a go and decide from there. The story development just isn't interesting enough to make me particularly eager to see more. But we'll see.

Its an average story outside the fact that the main hero is not clueless sky boy when it comes to romance. Even tho he ain't pursing any girls at least he seems to somewhat understand what is going on. The anime has its moments that are actually relatively funny. Fights and animation are pretty bad so Its not something you watch for action. So I would recommend anybody to have this kind of mindset to not judge the anime for its action sequences. If you like stories like "Gakusen Toshi Asterisk", "Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry" its a fine watch that's fairly similar. The only bigproblem I have with this anime which is kinda common among animes of this genre is that adults seem to be not really present all that much and always late to the party. As much as leaving some room for youth to grow up could be used as an excuse here its seems like a lot of characters get to live or survive encounters with bad guys is mostly due to bad guys just conveniently waiting for the good guys to come and rescue them which in that case is the main character. Spoiler: I also think that the part where the main character was trauma dumbing about him having blood on his hands is too forced. No real soldier has much guilt in them really after they have done their service unless they have done some crazy shit irl. PTSDs are usually related to own experiences not the guilt. This topic seems to be very prevalent in animes in genera which is just disappointing to say at least.